Description

Probably William Spence, 1845. Rectangular-plan Gothic church. Cream and pink sandstone rubble with cream sandstone ashlar to S entrance elevation. Pointed-arch windows; off-set diagonal buttresses with saw-tooth coping and gablet capped.

S (KING STREET WEST/ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: gable bay to centre with Tudor-arch doorway, deep splayed reveals, modern door, blind 3-light window above. Half-gable bays flanking with blind single windows.

W ELEVATION: 4 regular windows, flat-roofed later block abutting to centre.

Grey slate roof, ashlar coped skews, cast-iron rainwater goods, tall parapet to S elevation.

Statement of Interest

Built for the United Secession Church, which later became the United Presbyterian Church. In 1860 they built a bigger church on Sinclair Street, (see Church of St Columba listed separately) and this building became the church hall.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56635340

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)